Ticket-vending machine.



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TICKET VENDING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 17, 1910.

973,896. Patented 0011.25, 1910.

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TICKET-VENDING MACHINE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Oct. '25, 1910'.

Application filed May 17, 1910. Serial m3. 561,910.

To all whom it ma concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM F. TRIPPEN- snn, a-citizen of the United States, and a resident of Detroit, in the county of Wayne and State of Michigan, have invented a new and useful Ticket-Vending Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to ticket vending machines adapted to issue a single ticket upon the insertion of a proper coin, and the.

object of this invention is to provide a device which shall be positive in its operation, which shall be adjustable for tickets of different lengths, and which shall be so inclosed as to be inaccessible to unauthorized persons.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a side view of the ticket vending mechanism. Fig. 2 is a Vertical cross-section on the line 22 of Fig. 3. Fig. 3 is a rear view of the operating mechanism. Fig. 4 is a cross-section similar to Fig. 2 showing a slightly modified construction. Fig. 5 is an elevation of that portion of the front of the machine which constitutes the shearing device. Fig. 6 is a detail showing an electrical connection made by the proper coin. Fig. 7

is an elevation on a smaller scale showlng the driving mechanism connected to the ticket vending device. Fig. 8 is a plan of the ticket actuator employed in the device shown in Fig. 4. Fig. 9 is a view of a portion of a ticket ta e. Figs. 10 and 11 are views of the end 0 a connecting rod.

Similar reference characters refer to like parts throughout the several views.

This ticket vending machine comprises a frame, a freely-revoluble drum-platen mounted in said frame, shear members for severing the tickets from a tape which passes over this revoluble platen and out from the mechanism between said shears, a ticket actuating mechanism for feeding the tickets out between the shears, and a motor, controlled by a proper coin, for actuating the various parts.

The entire mechanism may be mounted in any desirable case which has a front 1, a top 2, and a base 3 fon the side-frames 4 and 5. In the side-frames is journaled a shaft 6 upon which is loosely mounted a drum 7, which forms a platen for the tickettape 8. As shown in Fig. 3, this} tape may be notched at intervals so that when the tape is sheared at these notches, the tickets will have beveled corners. On the base 3 may be mounted the bearings 9 for the shaft 10 of the reel 11 of the ticket tape, and from this reel the tape passes up over the platen 7 and then forward over the small table or plate 90 which extends between the side frames as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. The rear edge 12 of this table may be sharp and fit closely to the platen to prevent the tape from following the platen. Extending across the front of the side frame is a plate 91 which forms the lower stationary member of,the shear, I

and parallel to this plate is a second plate 26, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3, extending across between the projections 27 on the side frames 4 and 5. A ticket-tape guard 28 is supported by this plate 26 and extends down around the platen 7, being provided with a slot for the actuating device.

The shaft 6 is intermittently driven as will be hereinafter described, and on the one end carries a miter-gear 13 which meshes with the miter-gear 14 on the shaft 15 journaled in the brackets 16 which project from the side frame 5. The shaft 15 carries an arm 17 to which is attached a link 18, the

other end of the link being connected to the lever and the-lug 22. At each actuation of the machine the shaft 15 makes one revolution which is timed so that the knife 20 will cut off a ticket after the same has been thrust forward by the actuating device. A plate 29 may extend across between the upper ends of the side frames.

Secured to the shaft 6 are gears 31 which mesh with gears 32 loosely mounted on the pins 33 carried by the side frames. The gears 32 carry pins 34 on which are mounted the connecting rods 35. Loosely mounted on the shaft 6 is the actuating yoke 37 which carries an inclined engaging member 38 having nearly the same width as the slot in the guard 28. The downwardly projecting lugs 39 on the actuator yoke carry the pins 40 which pass through the slots 41 in the upper ends of the connecting rods 35. Springs 42 tend to properly position these pins '40 in the slots 41, and normally hold the same against the bottoms of the slots. An arm 43 is mounted in the side plate 5 and extends partially across the space between the side plates and carries an adjustable screw 44. The yoke 37 carries a screw 45 positioned so that it will engage with the screw 44 and thus control the lower limit of the movement of the yoke 37. As the springs 42 are sufficiently stiff to holdthe pins 40 in the lower ends of the slots, the upper limit of the movement of the yoke is constant, but as these springs yield upon the contact between the screws 44 and 45 the lower limit of the movement of the actuator is adjustable so that the stroke may be proportioned to the length of the tickets.

Referring to Figs. 1 and 3, it will be noticed that the gear 48 secured to the shaft 6 meshes with the pinion 49 loosely mounted on the pin 50 carried by the side frame 4.

Connected to the pinion 49 is a gear 51 which meshes with the pinion 52 connected to the worm-wheel 53 by the sleeve 54, which sleeve 54 is journaled on the pin 55 extending from the side frame 4.

As shown in Fig. 7, a motor 58 may be mounted on the base 3 and have a worm 59 on its shaft 60 to engage the worm-wheel 53. It is desirable that the motor be started upon the insertion of a proper coin. No device is here shown for testing the coins as any desired contrivance may be employed fonsuch purpose. In Fig. 7 a conventional chute 62 is shown in dotted lines extending to the block 63. This block is preferably formed of insulating material in which is mounted a terminal 65 of brass or copper which connects to a current source 66 by a -wire 67. A contact member 68 is hung on the bottom of the lever 69, which lever is pivoted on the pin 70 carried by the frame 4. A wire 71 connects this contact member to one pole of the motor 58 while another wire 72 connects the other pole of the current source to the other pole of the motor. If now the coin 73 shownin Fig. 6, is dropped into the block 63, it will close the circuit to the motor and cause the shaft 6 to revolve until the shoulder 74 on the cam 75 engages the finger 76 on the upper end of the lever 69 and forces the contact member 68 away fromthe coin 73, which coin may then drop through an opening in the base 3 into the space below the same. A spring 77 normally holds the lower end of the lever 69 forward.

When the actuator is making its return movement from the position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to that shown in solid lines, the drag of the engaging member 38 on the ticket tape would tend to turn back the platen and the tape. Tov prevent this, a presser-plate 78 is pivoted on the rod 79 carried by the lugs 80 on the plate 26. A spring 81 extends up against this plate and forward beneath the rod 79 and presses the plate 78 down against the plate 90 and nor mally holds the ticket tape from movement. For the purpose of releasing this tape arms 82 are connected to the presser plate 78 and engage the cams 83 on the shaft 6. proper intervals the cams 83 will lift the presser plate to release the ticket tape so it may be fed forward by the actuator.

The operation of the machine is as follows: The proper coin having completed the motor circuit, the various gears will begin to turn, the first effect being that the cams 83 will lift the presser plate from the ticket tape. The wheels 32 can turn through an are sufficient to carry the connectingrods 35 from one position shown in dotted lines in Fig. 2 to the other position without appreciably moving the actuator or the ticket tape. When the tape has been released the actuator 27 will begin to swing upward, carrying the end of the tape out between the shear members during nearly the time of a half revolution of the gears 32 and the shaft 6. When the gears 32, the connecting rods 35 and the actuator 37 are in the position shown in Figs. 2 and 3, the lever 19 is in the position shown in Fig. 5. One half revolution of the shafts 6 and 15 bring the lever 19 back to the position shown. At the end of this half revolution the high portion of the cams 83 will pass the arms 82 and the plate 78 will be pressed down on the tape by the spring 81. Immediately thereafter the shear will sever the ticket which falls into the chute 92 and down into the cup 93 where it can be reached by the purchaser through an opening in the front 1 of the case This machine will readily vend postage stamps in a similar manner. As soon as the shear has severed the tape, the cam 74 engages the finger 76 of the lever 69 and the contact member 68 moves back from the coin 73, permitting it, to fall. Should the motor run on because of the momentum of the various parts, no harm will be done, as the lever 19 must be lifted after the end of three fourths of a revolution of the shaft 6, which will stop the motor;

Instead of the tape 8 shown in F ig. 3, the tape 94 shownin Fig. 9 may be employed, which tape is provided with perforations 95 at the lines of shear. In such case, the small engaging member 38 on the actuator yoke 37 is replaced with a spring 96, to which spring is attached a tooth 97 adapted to engage in the perforations 95 in the tape. The tension of the spring 96 is such that the tooth 97 will slip over the imperforate portions of the tape .without moving the same. For this reason, the stroke of the actuator yoke need not be adjusted with such care as in the other construction, all that is .neccssary being that the stroke of the tooth 97 ing from the spirit of'my invention.

- bination of a support for a ticket-tape, a

I mechanism for releasing the gripping means be greater than the distance between perforations 95. The connecting rods 35 can therefore be replaced by the simpler rods 98 shown in Fig. 4: which rods cause the yoke 37 to have a fixed movement at all times.

Many other changes can be made in the details of the construction without depart- Having now explained my construction, what I claim as my invention and desire to secure by Letters Patent is 1. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a support for a ticket-tape, a freely revoluble cylindrical platen overwhich the ticket-tape can move, shear members' for severing the tape as it leaves the platen, a reciprocatory actuator mounted concentric with the platen for moving the tape, means to hold the tape upon the return stroke of the actuator, and driving mechanism for the various parts.

2. In a ticket vendin machine, the combination of a support for a ticket-tape, a cylindrical platen over which the tickettape is moved, a reciprocating actuator mounted concentric with the platen for moving the tape, and means for holding the tape during the return movement of the actuator.

3. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a frame, a shaft in said frame, a support for the ticket-tape, a platen freely revoluble on said shaft, a ticket-tape actuator mounted on said shaft, means to swing said actuator to move the ticket-tape with said platen, a shear to sever the tape at the end of the forward movement of the actuator, means to actuate the shear, and a gripping device to prevent the return move ment of the tape upon the return movement of the actuator.

4. In a ticket vending machine, the com;'

freely revoluble cylindrical platen over which the ticket-tape can move, shear members for severing the tape as it leaves the platen, a pivoted actuator for moving the tape, spring-held means to grip the tape during the return stroke of the actuator, and

during the operative movement of the actuator.

5. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a support for a ticket-tape, :1 cylindrical platen over which the ticket-tape is moved,a reciprocating actuator for moving the tape mounted concentric with the platen, means for holding thetape during the return movement of the actuator, a cam mounted concentric with the platen to cause the release of the tape and a shear operative at the end of the forward movement of the actuator for severing the tape.

6. Ina ticket vending machine, the comsupport for the ticket-tape, a cylindrical platen freely revoluble on said shaft, a ticket-tape actuator mounted on said shaft, means to swing said actuator to move the ticket-tape with said platen, a shear to sever the tape at the end of the forward movement of the actuator, means to actuate the shear, a spring-held gripping device to prevent the return movement of the tape upon the return movement of the actuator, and cams for permitting the gripping device to engage the tape during the shearing of the same.

7. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a support for the ticket-tape, a freely revoluble platen over which the tape can move, shear members for severing'the tape as it leaves the platen, an actuator concentrically mounted with said platen for pressing the tape against the platen and moving the same, a spring-pressed gripping device for the tape, means for releasing the same during the operative movement of the actuator, and adjustable means for controlling the length of the movement of the actuator.

8. In a? ticket vending machine, the combination of a support for the ticket-tape, a frame, a shaft revolubly mounted in said frame and adapted to receive the ticket tape, a platen freely revoluble on said shaft, an actuator mounted on the shaft and adapted to engage the ticket-tape on the platen, a shear to sever the tape, a gripping device to hold the tape during the operation of the shear, a cam on said shaft to release'the gripping device during the operation of the actuator, and means for engaging the actuator at the end of its return stroke.

9. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a support for the ticket-tape, a

frame, a shaft mounted in said frame, means to drive said shaft, a platen freely revoluble on said shaft, a guide for holding said tape against the platen, a yoke mounted on said shaft, means for reciprocating said yoke, means carried by the yoke for engaging the tape to move it forward with the yoke, a shear for severing the tape, connecting, means between said shaft and shear for operating the shear, and a spring-held plate for gripping the tape during the shearing of the same.

' 10. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a support for the ticket-tape, a frame, a shaft mounted in said frame, means to drive said shaft, a platen freely revoluble on said shaft, a guide for holding said tape against the platen, a yoke mounted on said shaft, means for reciprocating said yoke, means carried by'the yoke for engaging the tape to move it forward with the yoke, a shear for severing the tape, connecting means between said shaft and shear for operating the shear, a spring-held plate for gripping the tape during the shearing of the same, and adjustable means for limiting the return movement of the yoke.

11. In a ticket vending machine, the combination of a frame, a shaft mounted in said frame, means to revolve said shaft, a platen freely revoluble on said shaft, a guide for holding said tape against the platen, a yoke looselymounted on said shaft, a gear connected to said shaft on each side of the yoke, pins carried by the frame, gears mounted on said pins and in engagement with the gears on said shaft, crank pins carried by the second ,named gears, connecting rods extending from said crank pins to said yoke to reciprocate the same, a member mounted on said yoke to engage the tape, and a shear to sever the tape as it leaves the platen.

In testimony whereof I have signed this I specification in the presence of two subscribing Witnesses.

WM. F. TRIPPENSEE.

Witnesses EDWARD N. PAGELSEN, ELIZABETH M. BROWN. 

